Defending champion Elena Rybakina booked her place in the Wimbledon third round but only after surviving a torrid second set against experienced Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, who needed a medical ...

Down 2-6, 1-5, 15-40, Alize Cornet manoeuvred Zheng Qinwen around Philippe-Chatrier, before placing a backhand up the line, in the Goldilocks zone between power and softness that meant it just ...

Cornet takes leave of the French Open and tennis to cheers amid the tears. Even if Alizé Cornet touched on the cold realities of tennis circuit life as she bid good-bye to all that on Court ...